Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and Syphilis in blood donors in saurashtra region of Gujarat: Declining trends over a period of 31/2 years

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dhruva Gauravi, A ^a   Agravat Amit, H ^a   Pujara Krupal, M ^a  

^a PDU Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Blood donors; hbv; hcv; Hiv; Syphilis; Transfusion transmissible infection (TTI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861680392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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